Gossips and Talebearers

(by Gene Taylor) "You shall not go about as a talebearer among your people ..." (Leviticus 19:16) A talebearer is a person who circulates rumors that are either distortions of truth or outright lies which are designed to do mischief. God hates the one "who sows discord among brethren" (Proverbs 6:16-19). A gossip has been …